19 April 2021
In a bid to revive tourism, the Maldives is rolling out a new program, dubbed the ‘3v program’, offering COVID vaccines to any visitor who arrives with a hotel booking already made.
‘3v’ stands for ‘visit, vaccinate, and vacation’.
Currently, holidaymakers are allowed to visit the Maldives as long as they can show a negative PCR test and proof of a hotel booking.
Vaccinated visitors will soon be able to enter without any restrictions.
The Maldives have prioritised getting vaccines out to hospitality workers – the tourism ministry says that 90 percent of front-line tourism workers are now vaccinated.
More than half of the country’s total residents have received at least one dose.
